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This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Fund For Peace's Failed States Index. A failed state has several attributes. Common indicators include a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; sharp economic decline. Since 2005, the index has been published annually by the United States think-tank Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy.¹

Change in rank from 2007 is shown in parentheses and the three table headings correspond to those used by the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine.

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Rank Country FSI 2008 1 (+2)  Somalia 114.2 2 (-1)  Sudan 113.0 3 (+1)  Zimbabwe 112.5 4 (+1)  Chad 110.9 5 (-3)  Iraq 110.6 6 (+1)  Democratic Republic of the Congo 106.7 7 (+1)  Afghanistan 105.4 8 (-2)  Côte d'Ivoire 104.6 9 (+3)  Pakistan 103.8 10 (0)  Central African Republic 103.7 11 (-2)  Guinea 101.8 12 (+4)  Bangladesh 100.3 12 (+2)  Burma 100.3 14 (-3)  Haiti 99.3 15 (-2)  North Korea 97.7 16 (+2)  Ethiopia 96.1 16 (-1)  Uganda 96.1 18 (+10)  Lebanon 95.7

Rank Country FSI 2008 19 (-1)  Nigeria 95.7 20 (+5)  Sri Lanka 95.6 21  Yemen 95.4 22  Niger 94.5 23  Nepal 94.2 24  Burundi 94.1 25  East Timor 93.8 26  Kenya 93.4 26  Republic of the Congo 93.4 26  Uzbekistan 93.4 29  Malawi 92.9 30  Solomon Islands 92.4 31  Sierra Leone 92.3 32  Guinea-Bissau 91.3 33  Cameroon 91.2 34  Liberia 91.0 35  Syria 90.1

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Rank Country FSI 2008 36  Burkina Faso 89.9 37  Colombia 89.0 38  Tajikistan 88.9 39  Kyrgyzstan 88.8 40  Egypt 88.7 40  Laos 88.7 42  Equatorial Guinea 88.0 42  Rwanda 88.0 44  Eritrea 87.4 45  Togo 86.8 46  Turkmenistan 86.2 47  Mauritania 86.1 48  Cambodia 85.8 49  Iran 85.7 49  Moldova 85.7 51  Bhutan 85.4 52  Papua New Guinea 84.6 53  Belarus 84.4 54  Bosnia and Herzegovina 84.3 55  Bolivia 84.2 56  Angola 83.8 56  Georgia 83.8 58  Israel 83.6 59  Philippines 83.4 60  Indonesia 83.3 61  Lesotho 81.7 61  Nicaragua 81.7 63  Zambia 81.6 64  Azerbaijan 81.0 65  Cape Verde 80.7 66  Guatemala 80.6 67  Maldives 80.4 68  People's Republic of China 80.3 68  Ecuador 80.3 70  Serbia 80.1 71  Djibouti 80.0 71  Swaziland 80.0 73  Russia 79.7 74  Comoros 79.6 75  Tanzania 79.1 76  Cuba 78.6 77  Dominican Republic 78.4 78  Sao Tome and Principe 78.3 79  Venezuela 77.9 80  Algeria 77.8 81  Peru 77.5

Rank Country FSI 2008 82  Jordan 77.3 83  Gambia 76.9 83  Saudi Arabia 76.9 85  Mozambique 76.8 86  Madagascar 76.7 87  Fiji 76.6 88  Morocco 75.8 89  Mali 75.6 89  Thailand 75.6 91  El Salvador 75.5 92  Turkey 75.4 93  Gabon 75.0 94  Honduras 74.9 95  Republic of Macedonia 74.6 95  Vietnam 74.6 97  Federated States of Micronesia 74.0 98  India 72.9 98  Namibia 72.9 100  Benin 72.8 101  Kazakhstan 72.4 101  Samoa 72.4 101  Suriname 72.4 104  Paraguay 72.3 105  Guyana 72.2 105  Mexico 72.2 107  Senegal 70.9 108  Ukraine 70.8 109  Armenia 70.7 110  Belize 70.2 111  Libya 70.0 112  Albania 69.7 112  Cyprus 69.7 114  Seychelles 69.5 115  Grenada 69.0 116  Brunei 68.5 117  Brazil 67.6 118  Malaysia 67.2 119  Trinidad and Tobago 67.0 120  Botswana 65.9 121  Jamaica 65.7 122  Tunisia 65.6 123  Ghana 64.6 124  Antigua and Barbuda 64.1 125  South Africa 62.7 126  Kuwait 62.0 127  Bahamas 60.5

Moderate

Rank Country FSI 2008 128  Romania 59.9 129  Croatia 59.4 130  Panama 58.6 131  Barbados 58.5 131  Bulgaria 58.5 133  Mongolia 57.8 134  Bahrain 56.8 135  Montenegro 55.8 136  Latvia 54.5 137  Qatar 52.7 138  United Arab Emirates 51.2 139  Estonia 51.0 140  Costa Rica 50.9 140  Hungary 50.9 142  Slovakia 48.8 143  Lithuania 48.7 144  Malta 48.3 145  Poland 47.6

Rank Country FSI 2008 146  Oman 47.4 147  Greece 45.4 148  Mauritius 42.4 149  Czech Republic 42.1 150  Spain 41.6 151  Argentina 41.4 151  Uruguay 41.4 153  South Korea 40.6 154  Italy 39.9 155  Germany 37.3 156  Slovenia 37.1 157  Chile 36.3 158  France 34.8 159  Singapore 33.3 160  United Kingdom 32.9 161  United States 32.8 162  Portugal 31.8

Sustainable

Rank Country FSI 2008 163  Japan 29.7 164  Belgium 29.0 165  Luxembourg 27.9 166  Netherlands 27.3 167  Canada 26.3 168  Austria 25.9 169  Australia 24.6 170  Denmark 21.5

Rank Country FSI 2008 171  New Zealand 21.4 172  Iceland 20.9 173  Switzerland 20.3 174  Ireland 19.9 175  Sweden 19.8 176  Finland 18.4 177  Norway 16.8

References

External links

• Failed States List 2007 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2007-09-17
• Failed States List 2008 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2008-07-14